Homicide eyed in Swede's Cambodia death
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Cambodian officials suspect that the death of a Swedish businessman in Phnom Penh is a homicide, Swedish Embassy officials say.
Karl-Anders Larsson of the Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh told the news website DN.se Sunday that local authorities are treating the death of the unnamed 45-year-old man as a case of murder.
"We have received information that the body has been found and that he has been identified," Larsson said. "With all probability it is question of murder."
DN.se said the man disappeared from his Phnom Penh hotel room Thursday and his body was found in Kandal province south of the city on Friday. The Web site reported that the businessman had lived in Cambodia for several years and ran a hotel in the coastal city of Sihanoukville.
Police said the man met a woman over the Internet and was last seen leaving his hotel in her company. An investigation reportedly found his hotel room safe deposit box had been forced open, possibly as part of a well-planned robbery.
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